REPORT OF TWO WEEKS FACULTY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM ON Transforming from a Responsible Manager to a Successful Entrepreneur Organised by Entrepreneurship Development Cell Shri Madhwa Vadiraja Institute of Technology and Management, Bantakal, Udupi From 12th to 24th December 2016 In association with NSTEDB, Department of Science & Technology (Govt. of India, New Delhi) Entrepreneurship Development Institute of India, Ahmadabad & Science & Technology Entrepreneurs Park (STEP) - NITK-Suratkal Overview of Faculty Development Program (FDP) The FDP was organized by Entrepreneurship Development Cell (EDC) of Shri Madhwa Vadiraja Institute of Technology and Management, Bantakal, Udupi from 12th to 24th December 2016. The FDP was basically planned to create awareness among the faculties about entrepreneurship and to facilitate them with entrepreneurial mindset to motivate the students and to create entrepreneurial culture. Throughout the program all the resource persons have stressed upon various qualities of an entrepreneur and these qualities were highlighted by conducting some exercises, activities and questionnaires. Prerequisites to start any enterprise were explained by all the resource persons and empowerment of the enterprise during its budding stage by financial institutions was conveyed to the participants. On the other hand preparation of business plan and its evaluation, financial aspects of the same was communicated. Importance of Achievement motivation model was stated and human behavior based on positive and negative thoughts was highlighted in the program. Various challenges faced by entrepreneurs and businessman in the present scenario were addressed and solutions to some of them was conveyed in the program. Concepts of leadership, communication skills, problem solving, decision making, time management, marketing, and disaster management was covered. Essential factors to be considered by first generation entrepreneurs like Business Opportunity Identification and Generation (BOIG), SWOT analysis (strength weakness opportunity and threat analysis), Market survey were explained. We came across the following resource persons: 1. Mr. Ramananda Nayak, Joint Director, District Industries Center, Udupi 2. Prof.B.S.Revankar, Ex-Director, NITK- STEP, G C member, SMVITM, Bantakal. 3. Mr.Vaman Naik, District Industries Center (DIC), Udupi. 4. Mr.Ramesh, Entrepreneurship Development Institute of India (EDII), Bengaluru. 5. Prof.Vasudeva Rao, Professor, T.A. Pai Management Institute (TAPMI)-Manipal. 6. Mr.Sudhir Raj K, Professor, Justice K S Hegde Institute of Management-Nitte. 7. Mr. Socrates, Dy.Director, MSME Development Institute, Mangaluru. 8. Mr.Sunder Madakshira, Head Markerting, Edgeverve Systems Ltd, Bengaluru. 9. Mrs.Srivathsala, CEO, Spearhead Finserve. 10. Mr.Jayakrishna, AO, T.A. Pai Management Institute (TAPMI)-Manipal. 11. Prof.B.Harish, Proprietor, M/S Premier Investments, Udupi. 12. Dr.Mohandas Bhat S, Principal, Moodlakatte Institute of Technology, Kundapura. 13. Dr.G Srinikethan, Professor, Dept. of Chemical Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Karnataka, NITK- Suratkal. 14. Dr.Ravindranath Shanbhag Consumers forum & Human Rights Protection Foundation (HRPF), Udupi. DAY 1 (12 December 2016) Mr. Ramananda Nayak, Joint Director, District Industries Center, Udupi was invited as chief guest for the inaugural function of FDP. Mr. Ramananda Nayak added on prerequisites to start an enterprise and empowerment of the enterprise during its budding stage by financial institutions. The inaugural function was followed by a session engaged by Prof.B.S.Revankar, Ex-Director, NITK-STEP, G.C member of SMVITM, Bantakal. Sessions engaged on this day mainly focused upon: Micro lab for behavior stimulation, role of entrepreneurs in economic development & charms of becoming an entrepreneur. First day was started with an introduction about the FDP, importance of FDP and need for the same. It was mentioned that the program is meant to motivate faculty and students in the direction of entrepreneurship and to make us aware of present entrepreneurial opportunities. Session was started with a talk on “Entrepreneurial Mindset” in which the way of thinking of successful entrepreneurs was quoted with few examples. The session was followed by “Ice Breaking Activity” in which a group of 3 participants was made and they were asked to introduce other participant of their group. This activity was carried out to know each other about their profession, strengths, weakness, hobbies, achievements & goals in life. A questionnaire was asked to answer which is used to access an individual’s strengths and weakness in aspects of self confidence, assertiveness, problem solving, information collection, systematic planning etc. Each of these was calculated by considering scores of individual questions. Later a graph was plotted to know the area in which one has to improve. This activity was followed by the explanation of “Jaohari’s Window” which revealed four major considerations of a person in his/her personal & professional life. A questionnaire was asked to answer and scores were plotted on a graph to know ones lifestyle in society. Concept of “Need for Achievement” was explained by Mr. Revankar and he stated that it involves four basic things i.e. a desire for success in competition with others, self imposed standard of excellence, desire to accomplish something unique and an environment in a life turn career goal. Along with this initiation of action, goal anticipation, problems, feelings, help taken and achievement of goal was explained clearly. Take home message at the end of day 1: Participants were made aware of thinking style of successful entrepreneurs. Use of “Ice Breaking Activity” in order to know each other very well. Area of improvement in terms of personal traits was identified with the use of questionnaire. Use of “Jaohari’s Window” to know ones lifestyle in the society. Concept of “Need for Achievement”. DAY 2 (13 December 2016) Second day session was continued by Prof.Revankar followed by Mr.Vaman Naik, District Industries Center DIC, Udupi. Sessions engaged on this day mainly focused upon: Creativity & problem solving, Role of support agencies in entrepreneurial development & Business opportunity identification. Day was started by recollecting the things explained on the previous day. This made all the participants aware of the concepts covered so far. Followed by this a disaster management activity or decision by consensus exercise in which a story was given and each team was asked to arrive at a conclusion. Finally the activity reflected the art of convincing others and other aspects that a leader should have. After this activity participants were asked to come out with case study of some enterprise with respect to their benefits to society and contribution to economy. Later the session was engaged by Mr.Vaman Naik, DIC, Udupi. In this session participants were made aware of different schemes instituted by state and central govt. of India to promote and to encourage local entrepreneurs. Role of support agencies in entrepreneurial development was clearly conveyed by the resource person. Mr. Vaman Naik explained about various financial institutions like public sector, private sector, cooperative banks, DIC, KVIC and NSIC etc. He explained some of the banking concepts like banking products, loans and repayment of the same under security and margin basis. He mentioned some of the financial institutions which are taking keen interest towards empowering small medium and small scale enterprises. Different schemes of government for supporting the budding entrepreneurs were stated and significance of the same was mentioned with respect to strengthening the economic growth of our country. He explained the concept of problem solving based on its identification, acceptance, knowing its seriousness, finding alternatives to problem and its implementation. Many of the effects and affects of a problem not being addressed properly were explained with respect to human behavior. Afternoon session was continued by Prof.Revankar. I this session participants were asked to come out with some innovative ideas w.r.t service, tourism, engineering etc. From this activity participants were able to study the feasibility of an idea. Take home message at the end of day 2: Concept of “Decision by Consensus” was explained with respect to qualities of a leader. Concept of “Disaster Management” was explained with an activity with respect to art of convincing others. “Achievement Motivation” explained with an activity of selection of a business plan and comparing actual and estimated outputs. Through this decision making, quality output, risk taking, planning aspects etc was explained. Role of support agencies in entrepreneurial development was conveyed. Feasibility study of any idea was made clear. Basic idea about various financial institutions and their significance. Overview of banking sector and products of the same. Types of loans and repayment of the same under security and margin basis. Different types of government schemes implemented to empower the budding entrepreneurs. DAY 3 (14 December 2016) Third day session was engaged by Mr.Ramesh, Entrepreneurship Development Institute of India (EDII), Bangaluru. Sessions engaged on this day mainly focused upon: Entrepreneurial motivation training. He started his session by stating that to be happy and to achieve success in life one has to be determined, dedicated and disciplined, share his/her